Tokyo: Japanese chipmaker Kioxia will be listed on the stock exchange next month in an initial public offering valuing the company at $4.8 billion, its filing to the Tokyo Stock Exchange said Friday. Formerly the semiconductor unit of Japanese engineering giant Toshiba, the company is the world’s third-largest producer of NAND flash memory chips. It … Read more
Meta, the tech company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is exploring an exciting new project that could change how we interact with digital assistants. Imagine asking your virtual assistant about the weather and hearing the voice of Dame Judi Dench, or getting a humorous traffic update from comedian Keegan-Michael Key. This innovative idea is part … Read more
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become the latest buzzword across industries and businesses. Most agree that it is going to revolutionise businesses. Yet serious questions hang over its uses and impact. A KPMG survey in the US found executives expect Generative AI to have an enormous impact on business, but most say they are unprepared … Read more
Mumbai: Dr Nihar Parekh, Lead Paediatrician, Second Opinion Online Consultation For Children (SOCC), interacted with ETHealthworld’s Prabhat Prakash on how technology is helping to bridge the gap in improving paediatric care regardless of geography. He also shares how early detection of ailments allows parents and doctors to provide needed care to children. Edited Excerpts: How … Read more
New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare launched ‘Adayu Mindfulness’, a dedicated vertical for comprehensive mental healthcare, alongwith an exclusive collaboration of United We Care and Adayu. This collaboration will leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance mental well-being and accessibility of care for individuals everywhere, powering it further by Adayu’s trained team of mental health … Read more
New Delhi: Amazon Pharmacy is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of their prescription fulfilment process. This translates to same-day medication delivery for customers in select cities. The AI technology automates tasks that previously took pharmacists hours to complete, reducing them to minutes or even seconds. This frees up pharmacists … Read more
Bangalore: Kenko announced the launch of Kenko Pay, a solution that allows Kenko subscribers to settle their medical bills cashlessly using their subscription benefits, eliminating the need for out-of-pocket spending. Traditionally, individuals have had to pay for healthcare expenses upfront and then go through the arduous process of seeking reimbursement. This often led to delays, … Read more
San Francisco: Google has announced its partnership with iCAD, a leader in medical technology and cancer detection, to develop AI to improve the accuracy and expand the availability of breast cancer screenings. This will be Google’s first commercial agreement to license its mammography AI research model to be integrated into real-world clinical practice. “iCAD will … Read more
Mumbai: Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the acquisition of virtual control‘s advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology which can help in creating innovative analysis solutions in lab testing. It will integrate the software known as ACIES, into its gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GS/MS) platforms with the intent to improve productivity, efficiency, and accuracy of high-throughput labs … Read more
VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Medical College is pilot testing an artificial intelligence platform to assess various lung conditions, including Covid-19. According to the officials of AMC, Salcit Technologies has developed the patented ‘Swaasa’ AI platform, which brings in the functionality of spirometry without the constraints of time, space, specialised equipment or trained professionals. The platform analyses cough … Read more